CURL_ESCAPE(3) 1 CURL_ESCAPE(3)
curl_escape - URL encodes the given string
SYNOPSIS
string curl_escape (resource $ch, string $str)
DESCRIPTION
This function URL encodes the given string according to RFC 3986.
PARAMETERS
o $ch
-A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3).
o $str
- The string to be encoded.
RETURN VALUES
Returns escaped string or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
curl_escape(3) example
<?php
// Create a curl handle
$ch = curl_init();
// Escape a string used as a GET parameter
$location = curl_escape($ch, 'Hofbrauhaus / Munchen');
// Result: Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus%20%2F%20M%C3%BCnchen
// Compose an URL with the escaped string
$url = "http://example.com/add_location.php?location={$location}";
// Result: http://example.com/add_location.php?location=Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus%20%2F%20M%C3%BCnchen
// Send HTTP request and close the handle
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>
SEE ALSO
curl_unescape(3), urlencode(3), rawurlencode(3), RFC 3986.
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